Mobilization of plasmids and chromosomal DNA mediated by the SXT element, a constin found in Vibrio cholerae O139

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2043-2047

  Hochhut, Bianca ^a   Marrero, Joeli ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INTEGRASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; INTEGRASES; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034022888     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.2043-2047.2000     Document Type: Article

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